So according to WordPress this is my 500th post.

I started this blog in 2012, when I got my first job – I was installing Nortel equipment. The name was meant as “Nick versus Networking”, as I attempted to take on the trade and learn it.

Going through CCNA, networking certs, I got way more into SIP/VoIP, I discovered Asterisk, which got me into FreeSWITCH, which eventually got me into Kamailio, all of which I wrote about as I went, as I learned stuff, I wrote it down.

A few years later I somehow landed a job as “Senior Voice Engineer” for a carrier, in no small thanks to the blog, and built all the things; automated stuff with Ansible, pushed around data with Python and built production infra with FreeSWITCH and Kamailio, again, lots of posts around this time on those topics.

Eventually I got a bit bored at fixed line voice, so I made the move into Mobile.

I bought an eNodeB, built an HSS and got a functioning lab setup for 4G and VoLTE. That landed me a job at systems integrator working on packet core, then I moved to a solution architect role for one of the big RAN kit vendors looking for more challenges, but sadly I didn’t find enough challenges to keep me interested.

So I accidentally started a company (Omnitouch) and now find myself working with a bunch of super talented folks to build mobile networks in weird and wonderful parts of the planet.

Somewhere along the way, I found time to write 500 blog posts about all the bits I’ve learned as I went along, if you’ve been reading along, thanks, hopefully you found something interesting, and I’ll see you again at post number 1000 in another decade!